# Bloomingdale's Water-Repellent (Women's Blazers, Women's Coats, Women's Jackets and 4 more) Field Guide

> Indicate as stated by the vendor: Water-resistant, Water-repellent, Waterproof. Max character limit of 254 characters (including spaces).

**Water-Repellent** on Bloomingdale's Marketplace records the level of water protection a coat or jacket offers, using the vendor's own word for it. This page covers the version of the field in the women's outerwear department. The field is optional, it sits on the parent listing so one value covers every colorway and size, and Bloomingdale's shows it as a feature bullet on the product page, where a shopper deciding between two rain jackets reads it first.

## The rules

| Rule | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Required | No, optional in women's outerwear |
| Length | At most 254 characters, spaces included |
| Form | One phrase, no trailing period |
| Level | Parent listing, shared by every variant in the style group |
| Allowed values | "Water-resistant", "Water-repellent" or "Waterproof", exactly as the vendor states it |
| No claim in the source | Leave blank |

The terms describe different levels of protection and brands choose them deliberately, so the field repeats the vendor's word without upgrading or softening it. A jacket the brand calls water-resistant is entered as "Water-resistant", even if the fabric looks like it could take more. A jacket with no stated protection stays blank, however technical the shell looks in the photography.

## Examples

| Value | Verdict | Reason |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Waterproof | Good | The vendor's exact term |
| Water-repellent | Good | The vendor's exact term |
| Waterproof, when the vendor says water-resistant | Weak | Upgrades the claim |
| Keeps you dry in light rain | Weak | A description, not one of the accepted terms |
| Waterproof shell in the Black colorway | Weak | Describes one color |

## Common mistakes

- Inferring protection from the fabric name. Nylon and polyester shells are not waterproof unless the brand says so.
- Combining terms ("water-resistant and waterproof"). Pick the one the vendor uses.
- Entering a coating or technology name in place of the protection level.

## How Osello fills this field

Osello treats Water-Repellent as an optional text field on the parent listing for items placed in a women's outerwear category on Bloomingdale's. The AI agent reads the product description first, then the attributes, then the images, and enters "Water-resistant", "Water-repellent" or "Waterproof" only when the source data makes that claim in those terms. Without a claim it leaves the field blank rather than guessing from the material. The value is set once per style group and mirrored to every colorway and size. See [how Osello AI fills listing fields](/help/ai-prompts/how-osello-ai-fills-listing-fields). Related outerwear fields are [Packable](/marketplaces/bloomingdales/fields/fnb1-womens-outerwear) and [Special Details](/marketplaces/bloomingdales/fields/fnb12-womens-outerwear); everything else is in the [Bloomingdale's field directory](/marketplaces/bloomingdales/fields).

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Water-Repellent required for women's outerwear on Bloomingdale's?

No. It is optional, and it should only be filled when the brand makes a water-resistant, water-repellent or waterproof claim.

### What is the difference between water-resistant, water-repellent and waterproof?

They are increasing levels of protection as the brand defines them, and the brand's own testing decides which applies. Use the term in the source data; the field is not the place to reinterpret it.

### The shell has a durable water-repellent finish. What do I enter?

"Water-repellent", since that is the protection level the finish claims. Put the finish or technology name in Special Details if the brand wants it called out.